If Peggy was sitting there next to him you can be SURE than Lou was being sarcastic. Mortikhi, you need to adjust your sarcasm-detection software.
On FR, it's almost a law of physics.
"A statement of sarcasm continues to be sarcastic with the same tone and the same point unless read by someone on Free Republic."
Seriously, without a < / sarcasm > tag, don't even attempt it here.